If you add "Like" and "Friends" feature (Fac*book?) and if notifications work as expected, then the vanilla does not just appear as a forum software, but also social networking... and it's cool! It's just that social networking features in fanila lo…

I am glad vanilla is a simple and easy to use forum software. It's just (once again) too simple. I think this site agree with me : http://www.forum-software.org/vanilla/review/conclusion-advantages-opinion
Vanilla does not have to follow the trend …

If I may be honest, most of the plugins that exist at the "addons" are plugins that are very standard. Addons such as "Who is online", "voting", "quotes", Is a standard feature that we usually meet in the other forum software, nothing special... But…

I hold big forum (about 13.000+) members... and i using MyBB.
But, now i'm fall in love with Vanilla... coz it simple, cool and very nice... just too simple maybe, ;-P
@horton
what is your problem? its very easy to install vanilla... only two step…

Agree with aery... user rank will encourage user to be more active, not only come to ask, then after it disappeared.
@rene
And your forum will be hard to be huge. Because of its limitations... ;-)
3rd party developer is can not be fully trusted. I…

Thanks UnderDog
No no... i mean,
1. user title, in every post... not only at profile. Stars rank or badges would be better. So we know, "who" or "what".
2. Thread rating by default, not plugin.
3. "Who is online" is default feature in common fo…

I think Vanilla should have on it core/default :
1. Role title/User title... better if there is Badge or Stars too.
2. Thread Rating
3. Who Is Online
4. Quotes and [code] tag for technicaly community.
5. Bad Words Filter
Please dont be too simple.…